republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/113/hb-2279.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Juvenile Offenders - As enacted, expands the delinquent acts that constitute a violent juvenile sexual offense for purposes of the sexual offender registry to include an adjudication of delinquency for an act that, if committed by an adult, constitutes the criminal offense of rape of a child if the victim is less than four years younger than the offender and the judge, taking into account the facts and circumstances surrounding the delinquent act, orders that the juvenile be required to register as a violent juvenile sexual offender, rather than only if the victim is at least four years younger than the offender. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39, Chapter 13 and Title 40, Chapter 39, Part 2."
description: "Juvenile Offenders - As enacted, expands the delinquent acts that constitute a violent juvenile sexual offense for purposes of the sexual offender registry to include an adjudication of delinquency for an act that, if committed by an adult, constitutes the criminal offense of rape of a child if the victim is less than four years younger than the offender and the judge, taking into account the facts and circumstances surrounding the delinquent act, orders that the juvenile be required to register as a violent juvenile sexual offender, rather than only if the victim is at least four years younger than the offender. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39, Chapter 13 and Title 40, Chapter 39, Part 2."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 2279"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2279 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Juvenile Offenders"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hawk"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-29"
last_action: "2024-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e1a4dfa-7203-43cb-bc60-ca73a149e90e"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2279&GA=113"
source_hash: "115d945295317289d766da4a4e1bd26a5c33d2488b506e9835b4af678122777c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
---

# Tennessee HB 2279 (113) — Juvenile Offenders - As enacted, expands the delinquent acts that constitute a violent juvenile sexual offense for purposes of the sexual offender registry to include an adjudication of delinquency for an act that, if committed by an adult, constitutes the criminal offense of rape of a child if the victim is less than four years younger than the offender and the judge, taking into account the facts and circumstances surrounding the delinquent act, orders that the juvenile be required to register as a violent juvenile sexual offender, rather than only if the victim is at least four years younger than the offender. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39, Chapter 13 and Title 40, Chapter 39, Part 2.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment HA0634** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0634.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0743** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0743.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB2279.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/10/2024 Passed (1) — **26–3** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/11/2024 Passed (1) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/11/2024 3/7/2024 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/5/2024 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/10/2024 Passed — **26–3** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 2/27/2024 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hawk — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-01-29** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-31** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2024-02-01** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/27/2024
- **2024-02-27** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/5/2024
- **2024-03-05** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-06** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/7/2024
- **2024-03-07** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/11/2024
- **2024-03-11** Passed H., as am., Ayes 97, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-03-11** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0634) `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-12** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2024-03-14** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-04-10** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2024-04-10** Passed Senate, Ayes 26, Nays 3 `passage`
- **2024-04-10** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0743)
- **2024-04-10** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2024-04-22** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-22** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-23** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-01** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-13** Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
- **2024-05-13** Pub. Ch. 888

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e1a4dfa-7203-43cb-bc60-ca73a149e90e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).